"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 130 - 145

[x_los]

Weeks 32, 33, 34 and 35 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 130 - 145 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on January 2nd.

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Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

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Comments

Re: Chapter 132

[superborb]

She heard Xie Yu's confession, so she knows that the Chiyan army was framed by Xia Jiang. And therefore, she wants to rescue Wei Zheng because he was a brother-in-arms to her husband.

She's ready to take on a severe punishment (I think at some point she says she can take anything, even exile?), but the plan is strategic pleading on Consort Jing and Prince Jing's sides will save her.

Re: Chapter 132

[x_los]

When I said what’s she supposed to have believed she was doing, I meant like, what is the emperor supposed to believe about her train of thought, because it’s a little lame to say ‘just following orders’; she has to have believed something about what was going on, and the through line of that is a bit murky.

Re: Chapter 132

[superborb]

Ohhhhh I see. I think it is just that she's supposed to be loyal to Xia Jiang above everything, perhaps with the additional ill-feeling between her and Prince Jing (because he insists that the Chiyan army is innocent, while before the reveal, she firmly believed that the Chiyan army was guilty and caused her husband to die) -- though the latter might not be enough to boldly frame a prince.